{"product_id":"the-empire-club-murders-paperback-2","title":"The Empire Club Murders | Paperback","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNights out at the Empire Club can be murder!\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1930. The tranquillity of suburban Craynebrook is disturbed when a lifeless, nameless body is found dumped on the local common.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter newly promoted Detective Inspector Matthew Stannard, a policeman with a reputation that precedes him and which threatens to drag him down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Matthew embarks on his investigation, an another, more sinister plot demands his attention. One by one, members of an exclusive upper-middle-class social club are meeting an untimely demise, leaving their community in a state of panic that they might be next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the stakes higher than ever before, Matthew is under immense pressure from above to solve the case before the killer strikes again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the bodies pile up, Matthew's career and reputation hang in the balance. Will he be able to catch the killer and prove his previous success wasn't a one-off? Or will this case be his downfall?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100.035%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003e376\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%; height: 15pt;\" class=\"xl23\" height=\"20\" width=\"148\"\u003e978-1-912968-40-4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003e5x8 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eLanguage\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"About the author C. K. Harewood\" href=\"https:\/\/ckharewood.com\/pages\/about-ckharewood\"\u003eC. K. Harewood\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eSeries\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"The DI Matthew Stannard series\" href=\"https:\/\/ckharewood.com\/pages\/di-matthew-stannard-series\"\u003eDI Matthew Stannard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eNumber in series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003ePlace in series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003ePrecedes \u003ca title=\"Echoes of a Murder Book 2 in the DI Matthew Stannard series\" href=\"https:\/\/ckharewood.com\/collections\/echoes-of-a-murder\"\u003eEchoes of a Murder\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eCategories \/ Genres\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003ePolice procedural, Historical crime fiction, Murder mystery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eSetting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003eEngland, 1930\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.4884%;\"\u003eTone\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 67.1189%;\"\u003eGritty, realistic, non-cosy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"C. K. Harewood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56670915756358,"sku":"TECM-PB","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/5310\/5734\/files\/v6_TECM_eBook_Cover_28_May_2026.png?v=1780752022","url":"https:\/\/ckharewood.com\/products\/the-empire-club-murders-paperback-2","provider":"C. K. Harewood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}